Thread by @DempseyTwo

Last night actually happened. It hurt. It was abusive. It was an emotional assault. It was what a cornered scared wild animal does. It was the death throes of antiquated thinking. Joe got bum rushed, he knew it was coming, but it still stings the senses to see it play out.

Imagine for a second that the wicked witch was real. Imagine the terror you might feel when you see her literally melt in front of you. It’s not a pleasant thing. There is yelling. There is violent hand waving, there is destruction. All on display last night.

Last night we saw the witch get wet. trump didn’t do that for him. His own people are saying it was a bit much. He didn’t do it for the votes. He didn’t even do it for money. He did it for the distraction. He is a weapon of mass distraction. And he needs a big one.

Last night was a US Presidential Debate! People watched. They saw the wet witch screaming and smoking into oblivion. An old man screaming at clouds. An authoritarian. A caricature of what he thinks it means to be strong.

He bullied because that’s who he is. He mocked, because that’s who he is. His old ideas about who we are aren’t even accurate. He’s bastardized our own history. He is in his own reality and anything that is outside that reality is fake to him. That is offensive.

It is offensive, dangerous and hurtful to not disavow racists. It is offensive, dangerous and hurtful to maliciously feign confusion over which of Biden’s sons he is talking about. It is offensive, dangerous and hurtful to gaslight a covid weary citizenry looking for leadership.

And he did all those things amid this backdrop:
205,000 dead
$750 tax bill
Another campaign manager arrested
DNI disseminating propaganda
Cambridge Analytica vote suppression
All happened this week and it’s just Wednesday! All the trains are coming in at once. None have brakes.

After the spectacle, I got reaction from Fox. Hannity had Jr. on to give his expertise of how his dad did. The thing he said that stuck with me is this:
‘There’s actual Russia collusion now, there’s wire transfers.’
‘The FBI was working with a known Russian agent, a known spy.’

Who? Why did those specific words fall from his head? Is he trying to lay the foundation for the base that they will be hearing about people working directly with Russian agents? Might it be because of this?👇🏻

Thanks to Senate Intel’s Volume 5 report on interference:
We know Manafort shared ‘internal campaign data’ with Russian intelligence.

Thanks to @Channel4News we know Cambridge Analytica data was used for #DeterringDemocracy by deterring Black voters from voting.

Thanks to volume 5 of the Senate Intelligence report we know trump campaign manager Steve Bannon bought Cambridge Analytica and became its VP.

Thanks to the Mueller Report we know trump committed up to 10 acts of Obstruction of Justice.

Thanks to Jr., we know they’re thinking about what is coming.

This is their classic get ahead of the story to control the narrative play. It is a winning formula so far. But we know better. If last night hurt, it was designed to. We again have to show our strength and our resilience. Again, we are being called to do better.

We’re going to have to pull ourselves together to be better, be best, be bestest better and better best. We have to overcome this. We have to start putting the pieces together. Be there for each other, wear a mask, wash your hands, register to vote, vote.
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